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1951 episodes transcribedA special episode from our friends at Code Switch:In the wake of violence and tragedies, people are often left in search of ways to feel safe again. T...
Take our survey: https://www.npr.org/podcastsurveyGinni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, reportedly said she'd be willing to...
The committee centered its third hearing around one person in particular: former Vice President Mike Pence, honing in on the pressure put on him by fo...
Ahead of those elections, NPR held discussions with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters in the Nevada about their concerns and prioritie...
One theory: as polarization pushed policy-making out of Congress and toward states, divergent policies passed in red and blue-leaning states may have...
The second hearing into the Jan. 6 insurrection featured a slew of clips from top Trump aides from the campaign and administration testifying that the...
The hearing documenting former President Trump's role in the January 6th riot was largely told through recorded clips. But Rep. Liz Cheney — a Republi...
Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee's vice chair, summed up the hearing's thesis like this: "On this point, there is no room for debate: Those who invaded...
Trump voters largely remain enthusiastic about the former president and would considering voting for him again in 2024, but some had a hard time seein...
The United States is hosting a major gathering of heads of state from the Americas, but some countries are upset President Biden has elected not to in...
The Commerce Department is investigating whether China is skirting U.S. tariffs by routing solar panel parts through southeast Asian manufacturers — t...
The Labor Department said Friday that U.S. businesses added 390,000 jobs in May, as the unemployment rate held steady at a very low 3.6 percent and, d...
Despite bipartisan efforts at a modest deal, Senate Republicans could filibuster any gun control measures that are brought to a vote. That would incre...
The conservative majority so far appears unmoved by prevailing public opinion on the controversial social issues before them this term, though they ha...
And President Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited with victims and their families in Texas on Sunday. The White House is considering more executiv...
In the latest installment of our book club, Danielle Kurtzleben talks to professor Carol Anderson about the ways in which redistricting and state vote...
Most people know John Legend as an award-winning actor and musician. But he also has a long record of political activism. He talked to political corre...
The Senate is negotiating over limited legislation aimed at reducing gun violence, although those negotiations are narrow in scope and unlikely to pro...
An opt-in police misconduct database and new conduct standards for federal police: President Biden's police reform executive action enacts reforms tha...
A mass shooting at a Texas elementary school has many Americans again asking what can be done about gun violence. But in the face of broad Republican...
